19 Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1NZ

19 Balcombe Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Haywards Heath (RH16 1NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since May 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £997,000 is 44.7% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 26.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.